Echtheit
German, noun/ˈɛçthaɪ̯t/
Echtheit is spelled E-C-H-T-H-E-I-T (8 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,305th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Echtheit is a German feminine noun meaning “authenticity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft einer Sache, echt zu sein”.
What does Echtheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineauthenticity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft einer Sache, echt zu sein 2. Eigenschaft eines Gefühls oder Gefühlsausdrucks, aufrichtig und nicht nur vorgetäuscht zu sein 3. Beständigkeit gegenüber äußeren Einflüssen wie Licht, Feuchtigkeit oder Temperatur, insbesondere bei Farben
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Echtheit?
- /ˈɛçthaɪ̯t/
- [ˈɛçthaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Echtheit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Echtheit in German?
Echtheit appears 2.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).